I'm a feminist but .... my favourite line from the
podcast I wait to hear every week.
I have thought of myself as being a
feminist for meany years and I honestly couldn't tell you when I first
associated myself with that label.
I remember when I was 18 or 19 and I
was in a literature class at uni in which we covered feminism, our teacher
asked us to raise our hands if we were feminists raised their hands all female,
there were three guys in our class, two of whom were my friends. The lesson
went on to talk about the patriarchy and the waves of feminism and the
hypocrisies of life that go against women and at the end of the class, my
teacher as the same question, this time everyone raised their hand.
That is my first vivid memory of
calling myself a feminist
Since then I have tried to learn as
much about feminism and act like a feminist as much as I can and yes, I slip
up.
I'm a feminist but sometimes I mess up
a being a feminist.
To me, being
a feminist is plain and simple, everyone is the same, and should be treated the
same. This is as far as I’m aware the core value of Feminism, and yet it is misconstrued
over and over by some. Claiming that because I am a feminist I must hate men!
On the contrary I love men, I love my dad and brothers, my boyfriend, my friends
and my nephew who will soon make his arrival.
Feminism is
bringing people together to realise that everyone is the same and trying to
help out everyone we can so all of our voices are heard, so we are a community
that never breaks. A movement that has brought so many freedom and has given me
freedom to say what I think and stand up for myself and my fellow women, when
people try to tell us we can’t do something because of our gender and when
people try to discriminate, it means we will stand beside one another and show
the bullies that they cant win.
To me feminism
means choice, freedom, equality and most of all it means community. People
standing together supporting one another.
Please go and
buy The Guilty Feminist, it is an incredible read. Also go listen to the
podcast you wont regret it!
Write again soon xx
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